Archive for December, 2009

Ding Junhui captures 2009 UK Championship

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China’s Ding Junhui won the 2009 Pukka Pies UK Championship.
The final against Scotland’s John Higgins was a very tight affair, until Ding took it 10-8 after a 75 in the final frame.
Stephen Maguire (Scotland) and Ronnie O’Sullivan (England) lost out in the semifinals.
Ding received £100,000 for the victory and Higgins got [...]

USA wins back Mosconi Cup

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USA defeated Europe 11-7 to win the 2009 Mosconi Cup.
The US team was in front all the way, leading 4-1 after the opening day, 7-2 after the second and 9-5 after the third. On Sunday Shane Van Boening sealed the deal by defeating Ralf Souquet (Germany) 6-2.
Europe was heavy favorites coming [...]

Jozef Philipoom wins first career title in 2009 Hurghada World Cup

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Jozef Philipoom (Belgium) won the World Cup event in Hurghada, Egypt.
In a roller-coaster final Philipoom defeated Swedish legend Torbjörn Blomdahl 3-1. The frame scores were 3-15, 15-14, 10-15, 15-11 and 15-0.
Turkey’s Tayfun Tasdemir and virtually unknown Ruben Legazpi from Spain lost out in the semifinals.
This was the 45-year-old Belgian’s first World [...]

Gray wins 2009 Costa del Sol Open, Souquet captures overall title

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Mark Gray won the 2009 Costa del Sol Open in an all-English final.
Gray defeated Karl Boyes 8-6 in the final to earn the €5000 first prize. Boyes received €3000 for second place.
In the semi finals Gray beat home player Francisco Diaz-Pizarro 8-5. Boyes defeated Mateusz Sniegocki (Poland) by the same scoreline.
This [...]

Immonen crowns amazing year with victory at the 2009 World 10-ball Championship

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Mika Immonen from Finland won the 2009 World Ten Ball Championship.
The Finn won a one-sided final against Lee Van Corteza (Philippines) 11-6. Immonen received $60,000 for first place while Van Corteza got $30,000 for finishing second.
In the semifinals Immonen overcame Antonio Lining (Philippines) 9-7 while Van Corteza downed David Alcaide (Spain) [...]